\nNarrated Abu Huraira:\n \n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of a miser and an almsgiver is like the example of two persons \nwearing iron cloaks." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) also said, "The example of an almsgiver and a miser is like the \nexample of two persons who have two iron cloaks on them from their breasts to their collar bones, and \nwhen the almsgiver wants to give in charity, the cloak becomes capacious till it covers his whole body \nto such an extent that it hides his fingertips and covers his footprints (obliterates his tracks). (1) And \nwhen the miser wants to spend, it (the iron cloak) sticks and every ring gets stuck to its place and he \ntries to widen it, but it did not become wide.\n

\nNarrated Abu Huraira:\n \n\nThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of a miser and an almsgiver is like the example of two persons \nwearing iron cloaks." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) also said, "The example of an almsgiver and a miser is like the \nexample of two persons who have two iron cloaks on them from their breasts to their collar bones, and \nwhen the almsgiver wants to give in charity, the cloak becomes capacious till it covers his whole body \nto such an extent that it hides his fingertips and covers his footprints (obliterates his tracks). (1) And \nwhen the miser wants to spend, it (the iron cloak) sticks and every ring gets stuck to its place and he \ntries to widen it, but it did not become wide.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَثَلُ الْبَخِيلِ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَيْنِ، عَلَيْهِمَا جُبَّتَانِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ مَثَلُ الْبَخِيلِ وَالْمُنْفِقِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلَيْنِ، عَلَيْهِمَا جُبَّتَانِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، مِنْ ثُدِيِّهِمَا إِلَى تَرَاقِيهِمَا، فَأَمَّا الْمُنْفِقُ فَلاَ يُنْفِقُ إِلاَّ سَبَغَتْ ـ أَوْ وَفَرَتْ ـ عَلَى جِلْدِهِ حَتَّى تُخْفِيَ بَنَانَهُ وَتَعْفُوَ أَثَرَهُ، وَأَمَّا الْبَخِيلُ فَلاَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ شَيْئًا إِلاَّ لَزِقَتْ كُلُّ حَلْقَةٍ مَكَانَهَا، فَهُوَ يُوَسِّعُهَا وَلاَ تَتَّسِعُ ‏"‏‏.‏ تَابَعَهُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ فِي الْجُبَّتَيْنِ‏.‏